Chidi Odinkalu On August 17, 1980, the 6th Commonwealth Law Conference convened in Lagos, then capital of Nigeria. After the arrival courtesies were dispensed with, it fell upon Shehu Shagari,…
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What’s in Bola Tinubu’s FBI file?
Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo/ There is a joke in the United States that every citizen of the country has an FBI file. That might have been the dream of the first…
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Nigeria’s Hollow Democracy
Why is America congratulating the winner of this disastrous election? By Chimamanda Adichie Dear president biden, Something remarkable happened on the morning of February 25, the day of the Nigerian presidential…
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Obasanjo clinches unlikely Ethiopia truce
Olusegun Obasanjo has had mixed results as a mediator of intractable conflicts across Africa since he stepped down as Nigeria’s president in 2007, although he has never tired of trying.…
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Why the 2023 population census must be postponed
By Michael Owhoko| Without prejudice to extent of preparations, has government genuinely evaluated reasons for dispute and rejection of previous census results in Nigeria before proceeding to organize another headcount? …
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